S2 - cannot tether/wifi hotspot - help pls!!

[galaxyhelp78]

Hi,

I am the proud owner of a new Galaxy SII which is a fab phone but I can't make the wifi hotspot work.

Am trying to use the phone as a wifi hotspot to set up my laptop.

Managed to set it up on the phone, managed to get the laptop to recognise it and the laptop says it is connected. All fine there.

But when I go to open either Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer on my laptop NEITHER will work. They say they "cannot find server".

Please can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix this?

As soon as I switch off the wifi hotspot and plug in a mobile broadband dongle into the laptop Firefox and IE connect straightaway so I know it's not a problem with these browsers.

Would be very grateful for any help on this to get me up and running.

Thx in advance!

 

[VoidedSaint]

Hi,

I am the proud owner of a new Galaxy SII which is a fab phone but I can't make the wifi hotspot work.

Am trying to use the phone as a wifi hotspot to set up my laptop.

Managed to set it up on the phone, managed to get the laptop to recognise it and the laptop says it is connected. All fine there.

But when I go to open either Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer on my laptop NEITHER will work. They say they "cannot find server".

Please can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix this?

As soon as I switch off the wifi hotspot and plug in a mobile broadband dongle into the laptop Firefox and IE connect straightaway so I know it's not a problem with these browsers.

Would be very grateful for any help on this to get me up and running.

Thx in advance!

who is your service with? and do you have a plan to have the hotspot? most of the carriers are making it difficult to work around it, and making it nearly impossible to get the wifi tether free.
but their are alternative means.

 

[kebark]

Hi,

I am the proud owner of a new Galaxy SII which is a fab phone but I can't make the wifi hotspot work.

Am trying to use the phone as a wifi hotspot to set up my laptop.

Managed to set it up on the phone, managed to get the laptop to recognise it and the laptop says it is connected. All fine there.

But when I go to open either Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer on my laptop NEITHER will work. They say they "cannot find server".

Please can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix this?

As soon as I switch off the wifi hotspot and plug in a mobile broadband dongle into the laptop Firefox and IE connect straightaway so I know it's not a problem with these browsers.

Would be very grateful for any help on this to get me up and running.

Thx in advance!

Hi, try these two guides:
USB tethering for beginners

And

Setting up the Galaxy S2 as a Wi-Fi Hotspot

they are really good and have screen shots in them to help act as guides